Savannah in all her Glory (17th September)

We're up early so that we can be on  the first trolley bus tour. And lucky we are as it doesn't take long to fill up. The trolley winds its way through the narrow streets of Savannah showing us the largest number of Antebellum homes in the country. Savannah wasn't burned by the Union army when they left after the war, so the street layout with its many green wedges / squares as designed in the early 1700's still remain. And though the live oaks were all felled for the wood to build ships, the founders had the foresight to replant for the future. For lunch we go to Mrs. Wilkes Boarding House. It is a tourist institution now, a long way from its early days of feeding the poor and homeless. The spread is still served in the boarding house style, where all the food is on plates placed on the table. Way too much food for us to consume. After lunch we walk to see the "Birth place of the Girl Scouts", a couple of old police cars, the Catholic Cathedral and the restored Savannah theatre. Alas the bench on which Forrest Gump sat is no longer there so we take the best option and sit on the bench facing inward. We then catch the cemetery tour of Bonaventure, once a cotton plantation, then a private cemetery marketed to the rich. It is now one of the most beautiful cemeteries in the world, with its Live Oaks, Spanish Moss and its very artistic head stones for the family plots. It was also featured in a film which made the cemetery's appeal sky rocketed. In the evening, we dine at a fine restaurant featured in the 1,000 book and just love the food. Great time in Savannah!!